Grater



J. I. ROBIN GRATER Filed Sept. 28, 1921 May 29, 1923.

ATTORNEY Patented May 29, 1923.

JACOB I. ROBIN, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

GRATER.

Application filed September 28, 1921. Serial No. 503,769.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that Jncon I. RoBIN,a citi:

zen of the United States of America, residing at New York, in the county of New York and. State of New York, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Graters, of which thefollowing is aspecifi' cation.

construction whereby this drawback will be obviated.

Another object of my invention is to provide a construction whereby grating will be rendered more convenient and injuryto the hand prevented.

lVith these and other objects in view my invention consists in the provision of a grater which, in addition to the usual perforations, has a plurality ofcomparatively large openings even with the face of the grater to permit free and continuous passa e of the grated material.

Vith the hitherto used graters the indentations are arranged in parallel rowsinclined at 45 to the horizontal whereby longitudinal gaps between the indentations are formed. Owing to these gaps the article when grated has to be frequently turned into new positions to bring the ungrated parts thereof in range with the indentations. According to my invention this drawback is overcome by selecting an angleof for the rows of indentations, whereby continuous longitudinal gaps will be avoided.

To facilitate the grating operation and prevent injury to the hand of the user I provide a base on which the grater can be removably supported at an elevation from a dish or receptacle receiving the grated mate rial, and a movable holder for the article be ated.

y invention also consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and defined in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing which forms part of this specification and in which i similar reference characters denote corresponding parts,F1g. l is a vertical section of the grating utensil; Fig. 2 is a section on on line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

l0 denotes a frame or stand consisting'of- I v a substantially rectangular base plate r10" e5 1 base plate are made a little shorter than at and legs 10 The legs at one end of the 60 .line 22 of Fig. I; and Fig. 3 is a section the opposite end so that the base plate extend longitudinally in a slanting position. The base 10 is p'rovided with a longitudn nally extending opening 10 havingcircu larly curved ends'and which is adapted to form a socket for the grater proper 11. The

grater proper 11 is in form of a shallo w dish, the free edge of the marginal wall 11 of which is bent horizontally. The bottom of the dish corresponds in size and shapev with that of the opening 10? and the bent edge of the marginal wall 11 is adapted to engage the upper face of the base 10 aroundthe openlng 10 and tothereby removably.

support the grater in position.v I As usually the grater is provided long'b tudinally with a plurality of parallel rows of equidistantly distributed perforated in- 'But instead dentations 11, 11 11 of running at an angle of about 45 to the horizontal, these rows are arranged at an, angle of more than 45, preferably 60, whereby continuous longitudinal gaps between adjacent indentations-will be avoided.

The advantage ofsuch construction is that the article to be grated will not-need to be turned to differentpositions while moved there-and back on the grating surface, as all f parts in frictional contact with the grater will find an indentation or indentations by I which they will be grated.

In addition to the perforated indentations, I provide between each two adjacent rows thereof, a row of comparatively large openings 12', 12 12 made even with the upper face of the grater and which serve as passages for the grated material. Owing to these passages the grated material will be allowed to continuously pass through the grater and clogging of the grating surface will be avoided.

Slidably mounted on the base 10 is a member 13 for holdingthe article to be grated. This holder may be in form of-a plate extending longitudinally over the grater and formedcentrally with an open ing 13 in which the article to be grated is deposited. The side edges 13 of this plate are bent downwardly to form resilient guide members adapted to trictionally engage the sides of thebase 10. This plate 13 may be extended at its ends as at 13 so as to act as shields covering the grater and preventing the grated material from being thrown into the surrounding space.

To avoid the necessity of holding the article byhand during the grating and also to facilitate the grating operation, a tubular body Mbpen at both ends may be suitably fixed to the plate 13 to project upwardly around the opening 13. This tubular body will serve both as a pocket for the article to be grated, and as a handle whereby the slidable plate 13 may be manipulated.

Bemovably and slidably fitted in said tube 14 may be a plunger 15 in form of a second tube, the bottom 15 ct which may be roughened. By means oft this plunger the article contained in the pocket H can be pressed into frictional Contact with the grating surface.

Projecting from the irame 10 below its base plate 10 may be a chute 16 over Which the grated material will be conveyed into a receptacle located below the grater.

According to the present example the tube 14 is "fastened to the plate 13 by clamping arms 13 en a inp' an annular flange t, b "D O t.

14: formed at the bottom of the tube.

It is, of course, understood that the construction may be modified in various Ways avithout departing from the spirit of my invention.

to receive the article to be grated, means said s ide engaging thesides 0%? said base to guide it longitudinally and a tubul er remova-bly clamped to said slide opening to form a receptacle for 1 'ticle to be grated and serve as a handle.

2. In a device of the character described, an elevated base havin a longitudinal opening, a di' shaped grater formed with a marial e adapter toengage the marginal edge of said opening and to remov ably support said grater on said base, a removable slide on said base formed with an opening to receive the article to be grated 11' ans on said slide engaging the sides ot' said base to guide it longitudinally,

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a tubular member to form a receptacle for the articles to be grated and serve as a handle and clamping means on said slide to removably ciainp said tubular members to said slide.

in testimony whereof i atiix mysignature in presence of two Witnesses.

ACOB I. ROBIN. Witnesses: I

Max D. OnnMANN, DOROTHY GROsKY. 

